Martin Odegaard Shines As Arsenal Beats Olympiacos 2-0—-Arsenal have recorded 2 wins in 2 games to sit 5th on the Uefa Champions League group phase standing after beating Olympiacos 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
Arteta made six changes to the team that defeated Newcastle and two of them combined for an almost immediate goal. Myles Lewis-Skelly crossed beautifully for Gabriel Martinelli, but the Brazilian could not get clean contact as he shouldered the ball wide.
Gyokeres hit the woodwork from yard six but Martinelli was present to send the ball into the back of the net to put Arsenal ahead in the 12th minutes.
The Swede would miss another good chance later in the first half, as he curled over after cutting inside. But it wasn’t all one-way traffic for Arsenal, against a side that had won on their last three trips to the Emirates, as Olympiacos missed chances of their own to level proceedings before HT.
The best fell to Daniel Podence, whose volley produced a stunning save from David Raya.
Martin Odegaard had a standout first half as he was spraying passes around the pitch with ease, and Arsenal’s captain did the same in the second as he fed Leandro Trossard, whose close-range effort was saved by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
Shortly after, Olympiacos thought they had equalised when Chiquinho tapped home a rebound, but Ayoub El Kaabi’s initial header that Raya saved was from an offside position.
Arsenal were looking to seal the victory themselves in the latter stages as Tzolakis saved well from Odegaard running in, and the goalkeeper was helpless for Bukayo Saka’s strike in stoppage time, as the substitute put the ball through his legs.
The Greeks gave a good account of themselves, but ultimately lost their 11th successive UCL away match in the group phase.
